Salem High School - Quaker Yearbook (Salem, OH)

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RESERVE BASKETBALL Although the 1945-46 Salem Reserves did not have such an impressive record lten wins and nine reversesl, they show- ed much promise for the future. The starting five was comprised of center, Aubrey Pete Cain, guards, Vir- gil Kelly and Dick Hahn, forwards, Ray Mercer and Carl Ciccozzi. They were ably assisted by substitutes Albert Falk, Frank Tarr, and Joe Deagan. Captain Pete Cain led the team in the scoring column from his pivot posi- tion with 62 field goals and 34 fouls for a total of 158 markers. He was followed by Virgil Kelley with 43 baskets and 33 fouls for 119 points. Carl Ciccozzi was next with 109, and Ray Mercer follow- ed with 61 markers. Cain's 22 points in the record Wellsville encounter proved to be the greatest individual offensive splurge. The highlight in the current round- ball season was the defeat of a strong Greenford Varsity, 35-33, but the great- est surprise of all was the amazing win Second row-left to right-Huddleston, Armeni, Alek cer, Ciccozzi, Boone. over the Columbiana Reserve squad snapping their 38-game winning streak. 1945-46 Reserve Record Salem .. . , 32 Ravenna .,.. ., 17 , 24 Lisbon A ,. 25 28 Wellsville . . . , .24 . 26 Canton Lehman .34 7 , 35 Greenford Var. , 33 31 Columbiana . .1 27 . 31 Alliance . . ....41 . . 18 E. Liverpool . 45 , . . 34 Kent Roosevelt 1 .12 ...28 Warren ,. ,.,.32 . . 38 Goshen Varsity 7 .21 . . . .28 Ygstwn. Rayen ,42 ,.,.25 Alliance ,..,23 , . 7 .28 E. Liverpool . . . 34 .H33 Girard ,,....,36 . . . .29 Canton Lincoln 54 i...55 Wellsville .,.,..33 .H33 Struthers ,..,...44 A , . .22 Sebring , . , . . ,20 Total .i.,. 578 Total . , , , . ,597 Won 10 Lost 9 , Ciotti, Deagan, Falk. First row-Hahn, Kelly, Cain, Mer-

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Second row-left to right-Laughlin, Martinelli, Pager, J. Oana, Roth. First row-Bruderly, Myers. Hollinger, Pridon, Cibula. and Laughlin at forwards, Pager at cen- ter, and Roth and Martinelli at guards consistently had been playing a better brand of ball. The game with Rayen, which was rated sixteenth in the state, was a signal for something new-stun- ning victories. The Quakers took Ra- venna in their stride and won 47-33. Al- liance tripped Salem for the second time. The Aviators scored a basket in a dis- puted long countl' to win 39-37. A high- ly rated East Liverpool squad met its fate in a 38-37 upset. Lanky Bob Pager put a bucket in with fifteen seconds to go to win the encounter. After the Liver- pool game, Salem polished off five conse- cutive opponents: Girard, 41-24, Canton Lincoln, 42-41, Wellsville, 37-16, Struth- ers, 48-30, and Sebring, 41-29. This fin- ished the regular season with a record of ten wins and eight losses. For the vic- tories over Liverpool, Rayen and Lincoln, Salem was officially dubbed giant kill- ers . Bob Pager became the highest scor- ing sophomore in Salem High history. He closed the season fincluding tourney play? with 220 points for a ten-point per game average. Tony Martinelli and Cap- tain Moe Hollinger were selected by the coaches and sportswriters of Columbi- ana county to the annual All-Star team. The basketball season was highlight- ed by Salem's copping the District Championship. Miller drew into the low- er bracket and the Quakers racked up vic- tories over Youngstown East 46-42, Louisville 38-32, Niles 27-26, and Youngs- town South 42-31. In the regionals, also at Youngstown, the Quakers found Akron North a little too tough and went down fighting 44-23. Out of the ten-man squad used by Miller this year, only four men graduate, Moe Hollinger, Lowell Myers, John Pri- don and Ben Bruderly. Four other boys who saw plenty of action this year will be back along with Pete Cain and Virgil Kelly, reserves who didnlt see much var- sity play, but joined the squad after Cib- ula and Oana quit. Roth, Laughlin, Mar- tinelli and Pager will form a nucleus for next year's team.

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Last row-Left to right-Zimmerman, Schrom, Misakian, Zeck. Middle row-Jones, J. Scullion, T. Scullion, W. Faulkner, Miller, Campbell. First row-Miner, Ehrhart, Tolson, Bozich, W. Faulkner. Coach Frank J. Tarr's Salem High Freshman basketball squad completed the season, with a very successful record of thirteen wins and two setbacks. This year marked the fifth anniversary of the organization of freshman basketball in Salem High School. Each year the in- terest in this team in the district tourna- ment for ninth grade squads has steadily increased. The freshman team made an impressive showing in this year's tourna- ment, advancing to the semi-finals. Ed Bozich proved to be the spark plug in scoring as he led the team from his for- ward post, closely followed by Wilford Faulkner. The remaining members of the starting crew were Walter Ehrhart, Tom Miner and Dick Tolson. Bob Camp- bell, Wilbert Faulkner, Jerry Miller, Jack Scullion and Jerry Smith also saw considerable action during the campaign. The Yearlings opened the season as they trampled the East Palestine Frosh 31-5. After gaining their second easy vic- tory at the hands of the Leetonia first year men 42-10, they met a strong Gosh- en Reserve quintet and barely eked out a 29-27 win. After tripping the East Palestine out- Ht again 40-8 and defeating the Fair- mount Children Home Varsity 32-17, the Tarrmen encountered their toughest foe, the Alliance State Street Freshmen, emerging victorious 29-23. The little Quakers chalked up their seventh win over a highly rated East Liv- erpool Frosh five 35-23. Ed Bozich shone in the next tilt as he scored seventeen markers to lead the locals to a 38-27 vic- tory over the Alliance Broadway Fresh- men. Alliance State Street once again lost by a score of 35-33 as did the Sebring youngsters, 37-15. Thus the Tarr-coach- ed Hve ended the regular season with 10 victories and no defeats. The Quakers won their first three en- counters in the Massillon Tournamentg edging Alliance State St. for the third time 25-22, then lashing the Canton Cen- tral Catholic Frosh 31-18 and Longfellow AH Freshman from Massillon 39-19.